Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libtiff-tools package, versions <0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed7 Dec 2014
Introduced: 7 Dec 2014
CVE-2014-8127 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 libtiff-tools to version 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1546.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff-tools package and not the libtiff-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted TIFF image to the (1) checkInkNamesString function in tif_dir.c in the thumbnail tool, (2) compresscontig function in tiff2bw.c in the tiff2bw tool, (3) putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in the tiff2rgba tool, LZWPreDecode function in tif_lzw.c in the (4) tiff2ps or (5) tiffdither tool, (6) NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in the tiffmedian tool, or (7) TIFFWriteDirectoryTagLongLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c in the tiffset tool.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72323
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2484
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2485
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2486
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2496
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2497
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2500
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8127
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3273
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- http://www.conostix.com/pub/adv/CVE-2014-8127-LibTIFF-Out-of-bounds_Reads.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/15
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1546
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032760
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00022.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185805